Life & Career

Acheson was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 81 on 2 July, 1917.[1]

Acheson was appointed in command of the gunboat Cockchafer on the China Station in August, 1925. He switched to Widgeon and then back to Cockchafer in October. On 5 September 1926, he was wounded in action. Rear-Admiral Cameron wrote that he considered Acheson to be "obstinate, dour and morose", and noted that he had been "rather shaken by his wound."

In October 1928, Acheson began a series of hospital evaluations which rendered him fit only for duties not requiring strenuous activity. He did, however, serve in Cleopatra and Cambrian in 1930 and 1931.